Fastener for receptacle covers



H. L. IKE

May 13 1924.

FASTENER FOR RECEPTACLE COVERS Filed Feb. 5. 1923 I atkozn e14 PatentedMay 13, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1,494,114 PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN L. IKE, OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF '10EDWARD G. LIVINGSTON, OF NEWCASTLE, WYOMING.

FASTENER FOR BECEPTACLE COVERS.

Application filed February 5, 1923. Serial No. 616,989.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN L. IKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sioux Falls, in the county of Minnehaha and State of SouthDakota, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fastenersfor Receptacle Covers, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a fastener for the covers ofreceptacles such as grape baskets, peach baskets, and the like.

In applying most of the fasteners of this general character with which Iam familiar, it is necessary to use a hammer or to use considerablepressure in order to firmly connect the fasteners with the baskets andcovers, and hammering or the application of pressure to the containersof such produce as grapes, peaches, apples and the like tender fruits isinjurious and is apt to crush and mar them and thus impair their valueand spoil their appearance and marketability.

My fastener requires no hammering to apply it, nor is it necessary touse any appreciable amount of pressure, and hence the objections abovementioned are obviated.

' Furthermore, my fastener is of simple, cheap and durable construction,and, if desired, may be re-used, although owing to its cheapness, smalleconomy would result from such re-use.

The invention consists in a fastener for receptacle covers comprising apair of coverengaging members and a receptacle-engaging member, thewhole formed of bendable material and adapted to be bent to fixedlyunite the cover and receptacle, as I will proceed now to explain andfinally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a grape basket and cover showing the application ofmy fasteners. Fig. 2 is an enlarged frag mentary section through one endof the hasket and cover with the fastener applied thereto. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the fastener before being applied to a basket and cover.Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the fastener detached but bent to theform assumed by it when applied to a basket and cover. Fig. 5illustrates the method of manufacturing the fastener from a strip ofsheet material without waste. Fig. 6 shows a modification wherein thefastener is formed of wire.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the basket 1 is shown asprovided with a cover of a type now in approved use and for which myfastener is particularly designed, this cover comprising a plurality,usually three, of longitudinal slats 2 connected at their ends by crossbars 3. i The cover is embraced atthe sides by the basket handle 4 andis thereby positioned upon the basket. The basket is provided with theusual outer and inner rim bands 5 and 6, respectively.

In the preferred form of the invention as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5,the fastener is shown as formed from sheet metal such. as tin-plate,sheetiron, or other bendable, relatively strong material of suchstiffness as to retain its shape when bent. The fasteners may be stampedfrom a strip of such material without waste as shown in Fig. 5, therebylessening the cost of manufacture and eliminating scrap.

The fastener comprises a pair of coverengaging members 7 and areceptacle-engaging member 8, the cover-engaging mem bers adapted to bebent around and under the bar 3 and so disposed that one of them lies oneach side of the centrally disposed longitudinal slat 2 and thereceptacle-engaging member adapted to be inserted between the outer rimband 5 and the wall of the receptacle or basket 1 and to be bent aroundthe lower edge of the band and flattened against its outer face, asshown in Fig. 1.

Covers of the type illustrated are made in standard sizes to fitstandard sized baskets, and my fasteners will likewise be made instandard sizes to cooperate with the various sizes of covers. By thismeans the coverengaging members 7 may be so spaced apart as to more orless snugly engage the edges of the centrally disposed longitudinal slat2.

By virtue of the arrangement of the members 7 engaging the bar 3 at eachside of or straddling the central slat 2 the cover is prevented fromsliding laterally of the top of the basket.

The fastener may be applied in either of two ways. The member 8 may beinserted between the wall of the basket'and the rim band 5 and bentaround the band 5 as shown, and then the members 7 engaged with. and

bent around and under the bar 3 or the members 7 may be first engagedWith and bent around. the member 3 and the memher 8 thereafter engagedwith and bent around the rim band '5. The method of application isoptional and is immaterial inasmuch as the result is the same witheither method.

Although I prefer to form the fastener from sheet metal, it is obviousthat it may be made also of Wire and is so shown in Fig. 6. hen made ofWire the device may be bent in various Ways to form the cover andreceptacle engaging members 9 and 10 respectively, but it is essentialthat there be two cover-engaging members so disposed as to cooperatewith the centrally disposed longitudinal slat 2 to prevent lateralmovement of the cover relative to the basket.

I have herein shown and particularly described my fasteners as appliedto a grape basket, but it is obvious that they may be used equally Wellwith any receptacle having a slatted cover with a member around Whichthe members 7 may be bent and a rim band With Which the member 8 mayengage.

Various changes may be made in details of construction of the fastenersWithout departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope'of thefollowing claims.

What I claim is l. A fastener for receptacle covers, comprising a pairof spaced cover-engaging members adapted to straddle a part of the coverand a receptacle-engaging member adapted to engage a part of thereceptacle, the Whole formed of bendable material and adapted to be bentto fixedly attach the cover to the receptacle.

2. A fastener for receptacle cove-rs, comprising a pair of spacedcover-engaging members adapted to straddle a part of the cover and areceptacle engaging member adapted to be bent aroundthe rim band of thereceptacle, the Whole formed of bendable material and adapted when bentas specified to attach the cover to the receptacle.

3. A fastener for slatted receptacle covers, comprising a pair ofcover-engaging members adapted to straddle one of the slats of saidcover, and a receptacle-engaging member adapted to be bent around therim band of the receptacle as specified, the Whole being formed ofbendable material and adapted When bent to attach the cover to the receptacle and to prevent relative lateral movement between the cover andreceptacle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day ofJanuary, 1923.

HERMAN L. IKE.

Witnesses ELLA C. SCHUERMANN, W. H. FrNoKEL, J r;

